Bible Verses About Punishing Children

• Proverbs 23:13-14 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
• Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
• Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
• Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
• Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
• Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
• Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.